The interior of C3 washing house, Royal Naval Cordite Factory

Date:
1915-1945
Location:
Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Wareham Road, Wareham St. Martin, Holton Heath, Dorset
Reference:
HAY03/01/015
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

The washing houses at the RNCF removed residual acid added to glycerol in order to produce the explosive, nitroglycerine.

Content

This is part of the Series: HAY03/01 Photographs of the Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, Dorset; within the Collection: HAY03 Les Hayward Collection of Photographs of the Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, Dorset

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Donor: Hayward, Leslie

Keywords

20th Century Cordite Factory